Hi! I am again begging on the good graces of Tim and the rest of the Flex gang in consuming this bandwidth!
After taking 3 wonderful weeks off for vacation, I have returned in renewed health, vigor and ready for business! The past year saw computer sales grow by 100% versus 2010! I wasn't sure how I could possibly do more computers from the 2010 workload but 2011 was outrageous. I will be the first to admit that it sometimes wash't pretty. As you may know, I had to retire from corporate life due to a very bad back. The number of computers built and sold last year definitely had its effect, both in terms of pain and quality of service. I had difficulty in meeting some deadlines which should have been a warning to me that I needed a break. So, taking 3 weeks off (and closing the business completely during those weeks) was a godsend. While lounging at the beach having the cabana-girl constantly pouring pina colldas, I was constantly reading computer magazines, wonderful blogs like ExtremeTech, Toms Hardware and Anandtech, dreaming of a new set of products for the store. The result of all of that work is posted at my store now! Go to the store and take a look. http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/products.php?cat=10 The first thing you might notice is that there are now 4 systems instead of 3. I have wanted to introduce a lower-power consumption, small-form-factor computer for a while and have finally done it. The Incredible Small-Form-Factor Computer is in a case just a bit smaller than a Flex-5000. It has an Intel i5-2400S processor which is really powerful (I use it in some commercial systems I sell) It has 8GB of memory, 750GB of disk storage and a great 1394 adapter. In celebration of the Dayton Hamvention, its discounted $150 through the end of May, as well as free shipping.. The second thing you might notice is that the original product, the Low-Cost SDR Computer, is no more. Why? Because you can go to Walmart and buy a similar box cheaper than I can make. Yes, the Walmart computer uses parts that are cheapest to use versus my systems which has every part chosen for SDR performance at its price range. But. the sub-$800 computer is not feasible for me to compete in. If you need one, buy it and purchase my Remote Tuning and Tweaking service, I will set it up like a pro for you! Replacing the Low-cost computer is the New Entry-Level computer. It is closer in performance to the previous "Medium" system, at a reduced price. Using a very nice Antec Gaming case, it has the AMD X4 965 powerhouse CPU, 8GB of memory, ASUS motherboard, 500GB SATA 6GB disk drive, as well as the popular ham software already installed and configured. Windows 7 Home Premium x64 is the operating system The Dayton Discount is a $150 discount at checkout, as well as free shipping! The Premium system has been renamed to the DX-er's Dream System, as its what we all should dream is sitting in the shack! Intel's i7-2600 4-core and 8 hyper threaded CPU is the engine for this machine. This CPU is easily the most cost-versus-performance CPU that Intel has ever made and the benchmark for any other CPU they produce. This computer comes with 16GB of memory, a 120GB system drive and a 500GB SARA 6GB hard drive for storage.A water-cooled CPU cooler provides quiet and cool operating conditions for the cpu. A very clean 650 watt power supply provides the energy for this dream. The operating system is Windows 7 Pro x64. This system has a $175 discount, as well as free shipping. Finally, the new "King of the Hill" is The Ultimate Op Computer. This one is just plain crazy in terms of performance. Its the top-of-the-line, best computer on the market, period. If you must have the best, this is it! Intel's i7-3930 6-core, 12 hyper threaded CPU just blows the CPU benchmarks apart! It has a 240GB solid state drive, a 450GB 10,000RPM hard drive. A major improvement is the addition of the ASUS Xonar 7.1 Channel sound card, which is as clean as you will find. The HD7970 graphics card can support 6 monitors if you so desire! There are no options because it already has them all (extended warranty, 1 year of remote support by K3NC, serial ports, etc. Windows 7 Ultimate x64 is the operating system. This is the system that your son/grandson will brag about to his friends! The Dayton Discount is $225 off at checkout as well as free shipping. A final change you will nice is that I have made the 3-year warranty of the computers an option instead of being standard (for additional charge.) The new computers (not including the Ultimate Op computer) now have a 1 year warranty. The competition isn't providing 3 year warranties and to compete with them on-cost (especially since I pay shipping costs both ways and they do not), I am forced to make it my standard. The Ultimate Op computer comes with the extended 3 year warranty as part of its price. All previous machines sold with a 3 year warranty will continue to have that commitment. Dayton discounts last through the end of May. My customer backlog is minimal right now but the delay between charging your credit card and shipment will be 3-6 weeks. Each system is built at the time of your order so I do not have to sell inventory machines while I want to introduce new ones. I will NOT be at Dayton this year as I need to protect my back as much as possible (in spite of the great time we had last year). I will miss the annual "Dress in Drag" party held by Tim each Hamvention! Next year I will be there! Thanks for the business, I sincerely hope you were happy with our products and service. I look forward to serving you again this year! 73 NEAL K3NC _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
